On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Is it just me, or is there something slightly wierd about this...
>
> 1998-06-03 21:30:28 0yhKAb-00008O-00 => kbrown@???
> R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=mailcore.theplanet.net [195.92.192.11]
> C="250 OK id=0yhKB0-0005gH-00"
>
> 1998-06-03 21:30:30 0yhKAf-00008b-00 => kbrown@???
> R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=mailcore.theplanet.net [195.92.192.12]*
> C="250 OK id=0yhKB3-0005gH-00"
>
> 1998-06-03 21:30:33 0yhKAf-00008c-00 => kbrown@???
> R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=mailcore.theplanet.net [194.152.64.45]*
> C="250 OK id=0yhKB4-0005gH-00"
>
> I say it is odd because the IPs are different, yet the * indicates the
> message has been sent down an existing connection. I'm pretty sure the
> * is right, and the IP wrong, since the pid of exim on mailcore was
> the same on all three (according to the id= bit) and it seems unlikely
> that three machines will all have the same pid talking to me at the
> same time.
Oops. You have picked up an infelicity. The machine
mailcore.theplanet.net has 3 IP addresses, which presumable get given
out in different orders by round robin. Exim, when sending down a
different connection, is just checking that the address it has is routed
to the existing connection's host name, and not checking the IP address.
So yes, the * is right and the IP is wrong. I will mend the bug in due
course. Thanks for the report.
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